We are delighted to share that the @regionalstudies.bsky.social 2025 Impact Factor has risen to 5.9, up from 4.2 last year. Thank you to the authors, reviewers, and editorial team for this outstanding result.

Launching Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning by Daniel Galland @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social & @drjwharrison.bsky.social at @regstud.bsky.social Conference in Gothenburg 17 June 2pm w/ Jennifer Clark, Andy Pike, @mrglassphd.bsky.social & Simin Yan www.routledge.com/Regions-in-E...

Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning

Throughout the twentieth century, planning and planners were central to our understanding of cities and regions. Today, however, planning is facing powerful challenges – professionally, intellectually...

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We're streaming the keynote from TRAKR workshop live from Neuchâtel, Switzerland. ➡️ Matters Beyond Knowledge – The Role of Valuation in Transition Studies and Potential Lessons for Regional Policy 📣 Bernhard Truffer , EAWAG, Switzerland 🗓️ 16 April 12.30 BST / 13.30 CEST 🔗 bit.ly/3EzQn69 😁 🔁

🚨We are delighted to announce our 5th CEE conference is taking place 🌍 Poznan University of Economics And Business, Poland 🗓️ 14-16 September 2026 🚨 ➡️ Resilience, Realignment, and Renaissance: Regional Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe For detailed information: 🔗 bit.ly/4c3RyuY 😁 🔁

✨Upcoming RSA webinars for your diary ✨ We've a varied selection of webinars ranging from RSA Research Networks, collaborations or Professional Development. Click on the images below for more info. For detailed info and to register: bit.ly/4vdq0uN 😁🔶

🌟We are livestreaming the Keynote from the TRAKR Workshop taking place next month 🌟 📌 Matters Beyond Knowledge – The Role of Valuation in Transition Studies and Potential Lessons for Regional Policy 📣 Bernhard Truffer 🗓️ 16 April 12.30 BST / 13.30 CEST Info & register: bit.ly/3EzQn69

🌟Are you a PhD student or ECR? Join the RSA Student and EC Conference 📆3-4 September 2026 🌟 🔶 Emergent Directions in Regional Research 🌍 Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK For detailed info, view the cfp and submit your abstract: 🔗 bit.ly/4kJkYBh 😊 🔁

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD Student to join the Board of the Regional Studies Association. www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-stu...

🌟We are delighted to be partnered with @city-redi.bsky.social for their 20th Regional Innovation Policies Conference 🌟 🔶Navigating Futures with Innovation: Resilient and Resurgent Regions 📆 17-18 September 2026 Abstract deadline: 10 April For more info: bit.ly/4lkHHE1 😊 🔁

🌟 Registration is now open for #RSA26 🌟 Join the RSA community in Gothenburg in June. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories 📆 15-18 June 2026 To benefit from the early bird rate, register by 31st March 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

Published today: Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning by Daniel Galland, @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social and @drjwharrison.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social gawc.lboro.ac.uk/new-book-reg...

New book: Regions in Evolution

Throughout the twentieth century, planning and planners were central to our understanding of cities and regions. Today, however, planning is facing powerful challenges – professionally, intellectually...

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Published today! New book 'Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning', co-authored by @drjwharrison.bsky.social with Dr Daniel Galland and @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social ⬇️

Mark Tewdwr-Jones@marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Announcing the publication of Regions in Evolution, by Daniel Galland, John Harrison and myself, a history of regional planning internationally. It will be available as hardback, paperback, and ebook. The book is available to order here: www.routledge.com/Regions-in-E...

✨Upcoming Professional Development webinar ✨ 🔶 How to Enhance your Research: Tips for Academics 📆 18 March 12pm GMT / 1pm CET 📢 Don Webber 🪑 Kate Broadhurst For more information and to register: 🔗 bit.ly/rsaprofdev Free to attend, just need to register. 😊 🔁

🌟 Abstract Deadline Day for #RSA26 🌟 ⏳ 19th February 2026 Join the RSA community in Gothenburg in June. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories 📆 16 June 2026 For more information and to submit your paper: 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

📣 📣 The opening plenary for #RSA26 is now complete 📣 📣 The Early Career Plenary Speaker competition winner is: 🎉 @Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 🎉 Kirstin joins a fantastic line up of speakers. For info on the plenary and conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨ ⏳ Deadline: 19th February For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH Join the RSA community in Gothenburg ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 😀🔄

🎇Submit your abstract to one of the open sessions submitted to #RSA26 🎆 To gind out more, go to: bit.ly/4aCzjLl Submitted session: 12th February General pool: 19th February ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 🌍 University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Check out the exciting Autumn 2025 line up for our Loughborough Geography Seminar Series! We are dedicated to creating an exciting space for knowledge exchange versus webinar-style lectures, so most of these talks are in person. Please feel free to DM with any questions!

On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...

New in our #UrbanAndRegionalHorizons section: 'Place-based leadership: advancing feminist, intersectional and anti-racist approaches' by @emmao.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drjwharrison.bsky.social

Place-based leadership: advancing feminist, intersectional and anti-racist approaches

Leadership is often hailed as an antidote to a range of place-based problems. Yet it continues to be a slippery, highly political and deeply uneven practice, and area of study. At a time of authori...

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Announcing a forthcoming book, “Regions in Evolution - A History of Regional Planning”, a critical and deep analytical look at the ebbs & flows of regional planning globally over 100 years, with @drjwharrison.bsky.social & Daniel Galland, due to be published early in 2026

The Department of Geography and Environment @lborouniversity.bsky.social is launching the MSc Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action, a brand-new distance learning programme co-designed and delivered with @unitar.bsky.social. 💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

It was an absolute delight earlier this week to award Lance Newey with this years Urban and Regional Horizons Best Paper Award for his @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper | Absorptive Capacity, Complexity & Regional Renewal: A Developmental Psychology Perspective doi.org/10.1080/0034... Video below

Absorptive capacity, complexity and regional renewal: a developmental psychology perspective

Regional renewal calls for system-level agency. However, at a micro-level, such agency calls for actors to confront paradoxical choices in development. Paradox, though, is a form of cognitive compl...

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Regional Studies Association@regstud.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Lance Newey for receiving the 2025 Urban and Regional Horizons Best Paper Award for his paper: Absorptive Capacity, Complexity and Regional Renewal: A Developmental Psychology Perspective. doi.org/10.1080/0034... @regionalstudies.bsky.social @drjwharrison.bsky.social

Heike Jöns introducing @lborouniversity.bsky.social first Geography and Environment hologram lecture as part of our Yr 2 Globaliztion module. Johanna Hautala from the University of Vaasa is talking to our students about "Geographies of knowledge in the era of AI" #lovegeography @rgsibg.bsky.social

Brilliant to see this new Climate Compatible Growth brochure showcasing the positive impact this @lborouniversity.bsky.social led programme has had on achieving the transition to clean energy + sustainable economic growth in the Global South. climatecompatiblegrowth.com#flipbook-df_...

This #Editorial forms part of the recently published 'Territorial development: new challenges in a fragmented world' collection of articles. Territorial development can be seen as a form of 'safe haven', allowing people to steer individual and collective projects www.tandfonline.com/journals/cre...

Territorial development: new challenges in a fragmented world

Explore the article collection: Territorial development: new challenges in a fragmented world. Published in Regional Studies.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose@rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 2y ago

Territories evolve through people, networks & #innovation, as stressed by André Torre in his new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper. #Growth stems from governance, social capital & good #institutions. The challenge is harnessing this dynamism for long-term #resilience. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

New in #OpenAccess: Highways and local development: insights from two decades of investments by Adelheid Holl www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New and in #OpenAccess: 'Trading borders: the importance of interregional integration and economy size for the impact of secession' by Gioele Figus, Peter McGregor, Stuart McIntyre & Graeme Roy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New #OpenAccess paper: 'The use and misuse of regional data: perspectives, challenges and policy implications from across the UK' by James Black, Kevin Connolly, Sharada Nia Davidson & Mairi Spowage www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looking forward to reading this new article by Yi Li in @rsa-adp.bsky.social Four phases of city-regionalism in China: the state, geopolitics and business of mega city-region development www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Four phases of city-regionalism in China: the state, geopolitics and business of mega city-region development

Recent studies suggest that city-regionalism is mixed with, and overlaps with, geo-economic, political-administrative and geopolitical dimensions. However, these studies tend to focus on the comple...

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